CN101809591A - System and method for alerting an operator - Google Patents

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CN101809591A
CN101809591A CN200880011134.6A CN200880011134A CN101809591A CN 101809591 A CN101809591 A CN 101809591A CN 200880011134 A CN200880011134 A CN 200880011134A CN 101809591 A CN101809591 A CN 101809591A
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罗纳德·W.·塔姆金
托马斯·J.·金
凯文·A.·拉索
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
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    • G01G19/00—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups
    • G01G19/40—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight
    • G01G19/413—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means
    • G01G19/414—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means using electronic computing means only
    • G01G19/4144—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means using electronic computing means only for controlling weight of goods in commercial establishments, e.g. supermarket, P.O.S. systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G23/00—Auxiliary devices for weighing apparatus
    • G01G23/18—Indicating devices, e.g. for remote indication; Recording devices; Scales, e.g. graduated
    • G01G23/36—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells
    • G01G23/37—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting
    • G01G23/3728—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting with wireless means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G23/00—Auxiliary devices for weighing apparatus
    • G01G23/18—Indicating devices, e.g. for remote indication; Recording devices; Scales, e.g. graduated
    • G01G23/36—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells
    • G01G23/37—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting
    • G01G23/3728—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting with wireless means
    • G01G23/3735—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting with wireless means using a digital network
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
    • G06Q20/08—Payment architectures
    • G06Q20/20—Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
    • G06Q20/208—Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing
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    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
    • G07G3/00—Alarm indicators, e.g. bells

Abstract

A system for alerting an operator of a weighing apparatus is described. The weighing apparatus may be capable of displaying a message in a message area to an operator. The message may be displayed in response to a command sent from a remote device.

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Be used to remind operator's system and method
The right of priority right of asking in the 11/696th, No. 392 United States Patent (USP) of the application's request submission on April 4th, 2007, the full content of this application is combined in this by reference.
Technical background and summary of the invention
Exemplary embodiment is usually directed to have the weighing device of user interface.More specifically, exemplary embodiment relates to the weighing device with at least one operator interface, and this interface is suitable for the display message to the operator.
Weighing device is well-known, and weighing device is widely used at present, and for example, weighing device can be used for retail or commercial Application.The example of retail application can be in food supply retail shop, as the prepared food of food supply retail shop, cure, meat products or agricultural product department.In using, these use the weighing device can the weighing product and show weight, unit price, total price and other information relevant with product.Such weighing device can have allow the operator carry out one or more actions user circle and.These actions comprise Print Label, inquiry price, inquiry PLU, append transaction, Cancel Transaction, manage weighing device and other similar actions.
At present, do not have effective way to the operator of weighing device for example the employee of food supply retail shop transmit information.The information example that passes to the user comprise price change, product increase, product recall, product reclassify, to employee's instruction and any other similar information.At present, transmit such message by bulletin of the papery on phone, the employee's bulletin board or intranet site.In these methods each all has shortcoming separately.For example, because the operator is helping to help client to answer or not receive calls.The operator may see or can't see bulletin board, even they have seen bulletin board, may also not have the custom of regularly checking.Because must use with weighing device and possibly can't not browse domestic site at the independent personal computer of same position, in addition, each in these methods all requires the operator to leave the weighing device browsing information.Allow the operator mean that away from weighing device the operator can not serve client, this can cause client's unhappiness and sales volume is impaired.
Exemplary embodiment described below attempts overcoming or alleviating these problems.Exemplary embodiment can be used for weighing device.Weighing device can have carrying and treat the platform of weighing object and the operator's display related with this platform.User interface with a plurality of zones can be provided on the operator's display, and wherein at least one zone is a message region.One equipment can be connected to weighing device and can send order to weighing device.Order can make message be presented at operator's display's message region.Allow the operator on weighing device, to receive important message like this, thereby the operator can remain close to client.Because the operator spent the plenty of time before weighing device and operator's display, so message level might be seen.
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Except above-mentioned feature, by following explanation and accompanying drawing, other aspects of exemplary embodiment will become apparent, and wherein the same reference numerals among several figure is represented feature identical or that be equal to, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the stereographic map of the exemplary embodiment of weighing device.
Fig. 2 is the exemplary user interface of the exemplary embodiment of weighing device.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of exemplary embodiment that is connected to the weighing device of network.
Fig. 4 is the process flow diagram of the exemplary embodiment of weighing device using method.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 is the exemplary embodiment of weighing device 100.Weighing device 100 can have force measuring device (not shown) and platform 102.Force measuring device assists to determine to be placed on the weight of the article on the platform 102, and this is the known technology of this area.Force measuring device can be any force measuring device well known in the art, such as but not limited to pressure measuring element.Weighing device 100 can comprise operator's display 104.Operator's display 104 can be integrated in the weighing device 100 or a unit independently.Operator's display 104 common operators towards weighing device.Operator's display 104 can be any display well known in the art.For example, the operator's display can be VF display, LCD, touch-screen or any other similar display.The operator's display 104 who represents among Fig. 1 is touch-screen displays.If do not use touch-screen, then obviously the operator's display should be connected to one or more input equipments, as keyboard, keypad, mouse or other similar input equipments.Operator's display 104 can provide a plurality of user interfaces 200, and this user interface will go through following.Weighing device 100 can also comprise client's display 106.Client's display 106 is customer-oriented usually.Client's display 106 can be any display well known in the art.Weighing device 100 can comprise controller 110.Controller 110 can be can receive and exectorial programmable element.Any controller well known in the art can be used for weighing device 100.For example, controller 100 can be the integrated processor with storer, personal computer or any similar configuration of operation WINDOWS operating system.In the exemplary embodiment, database 112 can be included in the weighing device 100.Database 112 can be stored the order that sends to weighing device 100.
As mentioned above, operator's display 104 can provide one or more user interfaces 200.User interface 200 can have a plurality of defined ranges 202.Exemplary user interface 200, PLU transaction interface 204 as shown in Figure 2 can have following defined range: keypad area 206, page predeterminable area 208, default tabulation zone 210, weight zone 212, date and time zone 216, management area 218 and message region 220.Other interfaces with other defined ranges are also available.Defined range 202 can be provided at the data subset that uses in a plurality of functions to the operator.For example, weight zone 212 can be provided in the weight of the article of weighing on the platform 102.Message region 220 can show the message that sends from remote location to the operator.
As shown in Figure 3, meausring apparatus 100 can be connected to network 300, as LAN (Local Area Network), wide area network or internet, is used for and the computing machine 302, server 304 and/or weighing device 306 pass-along messages that are connected to network 300.Computing machine 302 can be a handheld device, such as but not limited to PDA, mobile phone and similar equipment.Computing machine 302, server 304 and/or weighing device 306 can wired or wirelessly be connected to network 300.Network 300 can comprise weighing device, computing machine and the server that is placed on a department, a plurality of department, shop, a plurality of shop or a whole company.Network 300 can allow middle position to send message with an order to the thousands of weighing devices 100 in the whole world.In the exemplary embodiment, database can be connected to network and is used for memory command and message.
As shown in Figure 4, at the normal operation period of weighing device, message region 220 can be blank.Order can be sent to weighing device 100.When receiving order, message 222 may be displayed on message region 220.Order sends from computing machine 302, server 304 or other weighing devices 306 by network 300.Message can be any message, plain text string for example, remind the message that operator's price changes, product has been recalled and/or product has increased or delete, be used for the message that the Intranet of further information writes down, perhaps any other similar message to operator's indication.Message can show the preset time section, closes this message up to sending another message, shows new information up to sending another message, and/or touches the button or carry out similar operations and remove this message up to the operator.Message can be set to be presented at that table scale refitting is put, on all weighing devices or on one group of weighing device.The weighing device group can be selected from the tabulation of all weighing devices shop or the company, and perhaps the weighing device group is classified by department, and can select one, one group or all departments.
In a further exemplary embodiment, order can comprise the task that requirement was carried out before order is eliminated.For example, message can be to remove all certain commodity from shelf.When the operator finished the work, the operator can remove message.Information, as message, the people who removes message and the time of message erasing, the purpose that can input database is used to follow the tracks of, order can also comprise the prompting of price change.Prompting can be selected, and changes price with batch mode.
In a further exemplary embodiment, can select message region 220 or message 222, and carry out another action.For example, the operator can use touch-screen or other input equipments such as mouse, keyboard or keypad to select message region or message.In response to selecting zone or message, weighing device can the run macro function, load another message region that application program and/or demonstration as web browser have added text or task.Each step in these steps can be used for following the tracks of by input database.
Though more than describe specific exemplary embodiment in detail, scope of the present invention should not be considered as being subjected to the restriction of above disclosure, obviously can make the modification that does not break away from essence of the present invention according to claims.

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1. be used to remind operator's system, comprise:
Weighing device, described weighing device has and is suitable for carrying the platform for the treatment of the weighing object, the operator's display related with described platform and is suitable for being provided at user interface on the described operator's display, described user interface has a plurality of zones, and at least one in the described zone is message region; And
Be connected to the equipment of described weighing device, described equipment is suitable for sending order and message being presented in the described message region to described weighing device.
2. system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said equipment is computing machine.
3. system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said computer bit is in the position that is different from described weighing device.
4. system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said computing machine is connected by network with weighing device.
5. system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said equipment is connected by network with weighing device.
6. system as claimed in claim 1 wherein uses the input equipment that connects can select described message region.
7. system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said weighing device is the retail scale.
8. system as claimed in claim 1 further comprises:
The database related with described weighing device, described database is suitable for storing the information that relates to described message.
9. system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said equipment is computing machine, described computing machine and database are connected to described weighing device by network.
10. be used to remind operator's method, comprise:
Weighing device with operator's display is provided, and described operator's display has user interface, and described user interface has message region;
The computing machine that is connected to described weighing device is provided on network;
Send order from described equipment to described weighing device; And
In response to described order at described message region display message.
11. as the method for claim 10, wherein said message shows preset time.
12. the method as claim 10 further comprises:
Send second order and remove described message.
13. further comprise as the method for claim 12 and to send out:
Send the 3rd order to show new information.
14. the method as claim 10 further comprises:
Select described message region.
15. the method as claim 14 further comprises:
In response to selecting described message region to show bigger message.
16. the method as claim 14 further comprises:
In response to selecting described message region run macro function.
17. the method as claim 14 further comprises:
In response to selecting described message region working procedure.
18. as the method for claim 10, wherein said message comprises carrying out by described operator of task, described method further comprises:
Carry out described task.
19. the method as claim 18 further comprises:
Remove described message; And
Storage relates to the information of described task in database.
20. the method as claim 10 further comprises:
Storage relates to the information of described message in database.
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